Mario Chiesa

Mario Chiesa was an Italian Socialist Party politician. His 1992 arrest on corruption charges led to the Tangentopoli scandal.

Biography
Mario Chiesa was a socialist politician, and he was President of the Pio Albergo Trivulzio Retirement Home and a good friend of the corrupt Italian Socialist Party leader Bettino Craxi. He sought to become a Mayor, but he was involved with kickback schemes. On 17 February 1992, he was arrested at the retirement home in a sting operation by the police, and the investigation of his payola scheme led to the Tangentopoli scandal.